By Solomon Nwoke

FORMER Secretary General of the Nigeria Football Association, (NFA), Coach Fanny Amun has expressed confidence that the Super Eagles would qualify for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil despite playing a 1-1 draw with the Harambee Stars of Kenya at the weekend in Calabar.

File photo: Nigerian players pose prior to the 2013 African Cup of Nations semi-final football match Mali vs Nigeria AFP PHOTO

Coach Amun, who led Nigeria’ Golden Eaglets to conquer the world in Japan ’93 FIFA Under- 17 World Cup commended the Super Eagles and their handler, Stephen Keshi for redeeming their image from the over ambitious Harambee Stars of Kenya who almost ran home with the maximum three points from Nigeria.

“I’m happy over the result of the Eagles  match against Harambee Stars of Kenya; I won’t tell you lie. You’ll also agree to the other side of the story if we had lost the three points that it would have been worst. Secondly, the boys did not play badly considering the fact that they went on break after their Afcon 2013 glory in South Africa early this year.

“So I applaud everybody including the coaches for the draw.. I know the feelings of Nigerians because we had a draw at home and why must it be a draw. No, I won’t say why. Why it was a draw we all saw it, we would have even lost the game. So I hail the boys and I urge Nigerians to still give them that maximum support to pick the World Cup ticket to Brazil next year.”